Garment hanger



May 27, 1930. H. A. FEIGELMAN GARMENT HANGER Filed Deo. 19. 1928 2Sheets-Sheet l H. A. FEIGELMAN GARMENT HANGER May 27, 1930.

Filed Dec. 19. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lll/9A J2.

w1 mess' y W Patented May 2 7, 193

UNITED STATES HERMAN A. FEIGELMAN, F PATERSON, JRSEY GARMEN T HANGERApplication led December 19, 1928. Serial No. 327,075.

The object of this invention is to provide a garment hanger which may be`cheaply made and yet will be strong, light, durable and capable ofbeing packed with other articles,

as with clothing in a trunk, without occupying appreciable space. Whilethe hanger may be made of other sheet material, it is so constructed asto have ample strength, at least for the support of certain lightergarments when made of cardboard.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a plan of the blank from which the device is formed; x

Figs. 2 and 3 show the device in section in substantially a verticalcentralplane in two stages of its development from the blank;

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the completed device;

Figs. 5 and 6 are sectional views on line 5-5 and 6 6, respectively,Fig. 4;

Figs. 7 and 8 are a plan of the blank and a front elevation of thefinished device, showing a slight modification;

Figs. 9, 10 and 11 are, respectively, a plan of the blank, a frontelevation 'and a section on line 11, Fig. 9, showing anothermodification; and

Figs. 12 and 13 show a modication, Fig. 12 being an elevation and Fig.13 a section on line 13-13, Fig. 12.

A blank of flexible but stiff sheet material, as cardboard, is formedwith an elongated body portion 1 having a pair of opposite tongues 2a,2b, which may be either shaped as hooks, Figs. 1 to 8, or as loops oreyes, Figs. 9 to 11, since they are to afford in the completed articlethe suspendin means thereof. Said body portion is to be olded on thelongitudinal line, as 3, to form` the hanger bar or body part a (Fig. 4)of the device, and coinciding with sa1d line is a slot 4; in one (1b) ofthe plies or leaves 1, 1b, resulting from such folding a longitudinalslit may be formed to afford another slot 5.

To form the device in the example shown the body portion 1 is folded online 3, producing the said plies or leaves 1a, 1", and consequently thehanger bar a. Tongue 2b is then bent toward leaf 1a and so as to extendbetween the plies or leaves land through slot 4 (Fig.

2), a fold being preferably formed at 6b at the base of the tongue 2b.Tongue 2 is next bent toward the leaf 1b but so as to extend around saidbend 6b and outwardly of leaf 1b and also through lirst slot 5 and thenthrough slot 55 4 (Fig. 3), a fold being preferably formed at 6a atthebase of such tongue 2a (Fig. 5). )Vhen the device is formed in thisparticular manner it has considerable stability and strength, thedifferent parts being firmly seeo cured in their final arrangement andthe device being two-ply throughout excepting the zone where the tonguescross the leaves 1a, 1b, where it has desirable extra (four-ply)thickness.

At a distance from the outer longitudinal margin of each leaf or plyequal to the transverse dimension of the latter each tongue hasshoulders 7 which in the'completed hanger bear within and against thefold at line 3 70 (Fig. 4). If it is desired to bevel or slope the uppercorners of the hanger bar of the hanger this may be done by foldingdownward and between the plies on lines inclined downwardly toward theterminals of the hanger bar portions of said plies, as by slitting thematerial of the hanger bar at 8 on lines coincident with line 3 andfolding the material inwardly and downwardly on the converging lines 9.4In the case of certain womens garments havs0 ing shoulder straps, thelatter may be accomnodated in notches 10 formed in the hanger In Figs. 9to 11 a hanger is shown for sup porting mens suits, including trousers.In this case the hanger bar has spaced depending slings or loops, and abar is carried by these slings and is adapted to support the trousers.In the particular construction shown the plies or leaves l, lb'have attheir 90 ends extensions 11 of which one at each end of either ply isopposed by an extension at the corresponding end of the other leaf. Bothsuch extensions are folded on lines 12 extending parallel with line 3toward each 95 other, one folded extension embracing the other, and onehas a lateral tab or hook 13' which may be folded back on lines 14 andengaged and locked in a slit 15 in such extension. Thus is formed a loopor sling closed fat the outer side but open at the inner side "and suchtwo 'slings are adapted to receive the" ends of a bar 16 for supportingthe trousers.

"e In Fi s. 12 and 13 a suitably-formed blank is folde on line 17, thesame having a tongue or tongues 18 which project in transverse relationto said line and are opposite each other; the blank also has on one plyeach side of one tongue tabs 19 which after folding the blank to formthe two plies are bent over the edge of the other ply and entered intoslits 20 in the latter, thus locking the two plies together.

In the broadest aspect of my invention the garment hanger consists of ablank of flexible stiff sheet. material having a tongue projection toform a suspender (for instance 2b in Fig. 1 or either tongue in Fig. 13)extendin from one edge of the blank and said blank eing folded on a linetransverse of the direction in which the tongue projection extends andthus forming a two-ply hanger bar, and having means (for instance,tongue 2a inl Fig. 1 engaged in slit 5 or the tabs 19 in Fig. 18 enteredinto slits 20) to lock the two plies together.

Having thus fully described my invention, what l claim is:

1. A garment hanger consisting of a blank of flexible stiff sheetmaterial folded to form an elongated two-ply hanger bar and having atongue extending from one ply of the hanger bartransversely of the lineof fold and said tongue rebent and protruding lthrough the part of saidmaterial forming the hanger bar and forming the of the hanger.

2. A garment hanger consisting of a blank of flexible sti' sheetmaterial folded to form an elongated two-ply hanger bar and having atongue extending from one ply of the hanger bar transversely of the lineof fold and said tongue rebent and protruding suspender lthroughy thepart of said material forming the hanger bar in substantial coincidencewith the line of the' fold and forming the sus-- pender of the hanger.3. A garment hanger consisting of a blank of iexible stiff sheetmaterial Jfolded to form an elongated two-pl hanger bar and havingtongues extending rom the respective plies oppositely to each other andsaid tongues rebent and their rebent ortions protruding through the partofsaid material forming the hanger bar and thereby forming suspendingmeans for the hanger.

4. A garment hanger consisting of a blank of flexible stii' sheetmaterial folded to orm and their rebent portions both protruding'through said aperture and from said portion and thereby formingsuspending means for the hanger.

5. A garment hanger consisting of a blank of flexible stiff sheetmaterial folded to form an elongated two-ply hanger bar and havingtongues extending from the respective plies oppositely to each other andsaid tongues rebent toward each other and their'rebent portionsprotruding through the part of said material forming the hanger bar andthereby forming suspending means for the hanger.

6. A garment hanger consisting of a blank of iexible stiff sheetmaterial folded to form an velongated two-plyhanger bar and havingseparate apertures in its hanger-bar-forming portion and also havingtongues extending from the respective plies and said tongues rebent andtheir rebent portions protruding said portion and thereby formingsuspending means for the hanger.

7. A garment hanger consisting of a blank of flexible stiff sheetmaterial folded to form an elongated two-ply hanger bar and having twoapertures, one substantially coincident with the line of fold and one inone ply, said blank also having tongues extending from the respectiveplies and rebent toward each other, the ton ue whichextends from' theply having the atter aperture being arranged to protrude through thefirst aperture and the other tongue being arranged to extend outwardlyof such ply and then to protrude rst through the second and then throughthe first aperture and said tongues thus forming suspending means forthe hanger.

8. A garment hanger including a two-ply hanger bar formed by folding ablank of iexible sti sheet material and having means to suspend thehanger bar with the fold upward, portions of the plies at both ends ofthe hanger bar being folded downward and between the plies on linesinclined downwardly toward-'the terminals of the hanger bar, thusforming upper slopes on said ends.

9. A garment hanger including a two-ply hanger bar formed by folding ablank of flexible stili' sheet material and havingmeanS to suspend thehangerbar with the fold upward, said hanger bar having spaced dependingslings, and a bar carried by said slings.

10. A garment hanger including a two-p131 hanger bar formed by folding'ablank of liexible stiff sheet material and having means to suspend thehanger bar with the fold upward, the blank having at the ends of thehanger bar spaced 'downward loop extensions, and a bar received in andcarried by said loop extensions.

11. A garment hanger consisting of a blank of flexible stiff sheetmaterial having a tongue projection to form a sus-pender ex-i blankbeing folded on a line transverse f the direction in which the tonguepro'ection extends and thus forming a. two-ply anger bar and havingmeans to lock the two plies of the hanger bar together.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

HERMAN A. FEIGELMAN.

